You know the cliché, “bigger is better”? That almost always applies to a device’s storage capacity. It applies to Apple’s Macs, which are mostly all set at 256GB at the lower-priced standard configurations. That’s too small, even if you’re not a professional who deals with large files. We recommend getting at least a 512GB SSD, and here at Macworld, we were recently reminded of how small 256GB is.
A Macworld editor (who shall remain nameless, but there are only five of us) has the unfortunate burden of a 256GB SSD in their Mac. (Okay, yeah, “Practice what you preach, Macworld.” I’ll be sure to tell upper management.) And they had problems because an extremely large amount of space (108GB) unexpectedly became dedicated to System Data–that took up half of the 256GB SSD.
Read more at Macworld.com